Ageing: The Potential; Making it Conscious

 Ageing:
Ageing can be a conscious journey into your own lived and experienced Wisdom.
This  involves developing the inner resources to adapt to ageing instead of denying it; it is taking a step to ensure that the next phase of life is filled with self-discovery and deliberate choices.
It is expected that around 3 million Baby Boomers will retire from the workforce in the next decade. Life expectancy keeps increasing.
After reaching the peak of our careers and our kids having left home, we have decades of life before us for which our culture offers us little preparation and no model.
I am developing a course that offers a radical new vision of ageing.
Supported by recent brain research, it argues that increased longevity calls for the development of an expanded consciousness and the evolution of a vital role for elders that no one else can fill;
It recontextualises ageing as the anticipated fulfilment of life, rather than its inevitable decline
 Contemplating the big questions, such as, ‘what has it all meant and what is my purpose?’ This  may or may not not yield the answers, although it could point you in the direction and  help to clarify many long held questions; what is important to us from our present perspective?

Conscious Aging Journey into Your Wisdom.
The work of 'conscious aging', is based on the work of pioneers in this field, in particular Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, author of From Age-ing to Sage-ing and Ram  Dass ( Still Here). It is based on the view that the later stage of life has  within it the unique potential for growth for those willing to pursue it.  Half of all people who have ever lived to be 65 are currently alive. We are  retiring sooner, living longer and facing decades of life for which we have had little preparation.  The workshop will provide an introduction to the theory and introduce some of  the practices which make acquiring the qualities of an "elder" a deliberate  outcome rather than a lucky break.  In the workshop we will begin to explore:
 Our images of aging
* How we'd like to use our vastly increased longevity 
* Alternative visions of aging ( looking at self beliefs, boundaries, and imposed ideas, both self ansd societal)
* Making an intentional inner journey to review our past , writing an intentional journal of our lives.
* Discovering the gift of forgiveness
* Converting the rich experiences of a long life into wisdom to benefit  ourselves and others ( Don't sell  
   yourself short!)
* Identifying our beliefs and values, philosophies and life lessons learned 
* Reigniting our passions and creatively 
* Facing mortality as a natural part of the life cycle so we can savor each  day rather than obsess about the future.  The workshops are for:  * Those nearing retirement or retired * Adults who wish to design their second half of life
I will be holding introductions to this workshop on the Gold Coast particularly the aspects of
forgiveness and journaling . Please contact for details margo@gracefultransitions.com.au
ph 0409476803 http://www.gracefultransitions.com.au